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Fiscal Year(s)

View earmark details Former Rep. Chet Edwards (D-Texas, 17th) - Earmarks Requested

Defeated • Alternate Name: Thomas Chester Edwards
All     Solo     With Other Members     
* Numbers other than "All Sponsored Earmarks" do not include earmarks requested by the president to better reflect political power. This follows the methodology used by Taxpayers for Common Sense.
Fiscal Year(s) 2008-2010 Number Cost
Solo Earmarks                     Number 118 Cost $102,960,271
With Other Members          Number 79 Cost $268,153,980
All Congressional                Number 197 Cost $371,114,251
All Sponsored Earmarks      Number 236* Cost $847,595,251*
Earmark Details Year Description (Bill)

(desc)

Amount Additional Sponsors Locations Receiving Organization
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description National Exercise, Test, and Training Center, Nevada Test Site, NV
(Homeland Security)
Amount $23,000,000 Sponsors President *
Former Rep. Rodney Alexander (R-LA)
Rep. John Carter (R-TX)
Former Rep. Charlie Gonzalez (D-TX)
...more
Locations Nevada Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description National Center for Biomedical Research and Training, Louisiana State University, LA
(Homeland Security)
Amount $23,000,000 Sponsors President *
Former Rep. Rodney Alexander (R-LA)
Rep. John Carter (R-TX)
Former Rep. Charlie Gonzalez (D-TX)
...more
Locations Louisiana Recipients National Center for Biomedical Research and Training
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Cen-Tex African American Chamber of Commerce, Waco, TX Center for Business Excellence
(Financial Services)
Amount $200,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Waco, Texas Recipients Cen-Tex African American Chamber of Commerce
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Southwestern Adventist University, Keene, TX Entrepreneurship Resources Center
(Financial Services)
Amount $200,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Keene, Texas Recipients Southwestern Adventist University
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Baylor University workforce development and training
(Financial Services)
Amount $196,514 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Texas Recipients Baylor University
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Heart of Texas Workforce Development Center Financial Literacy Program
(Financial Services)
Amount $98,257 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Sabine-Neches Waterway
(Energy and Water)
Amount $177,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Kevin Brady (R-TX)
Former Rep. Ted Poe (R-TX)
Former Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX)
...more
Locations Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Raymondville Drain
(Energy and Water)
Amount $492,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Rubén Hinojosa (D-TX)
Former Rep. Solomon Ortiz (D-TX)
Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX)
...more
Locations Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Biofuels Development at Texas A&M
(Energy and Water)
Amount $951,500 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Texas Recipients Texas A&M University (College Station)
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Houston - Galveston Navigation Channels
(Energy and Water)
Amount $15,730,000 Sponsors President *
Rep. Al Green (D-TX)
Former Rep. Gene Green (D-TX)
Former Rep. Nick Lampson (D-TX)
...more
Locations Texas Recipients City of Houston, Texas

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